Taff's Well

17°CLight rain shower

• Today: 21° / 16° · 88% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:34

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

4US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

31 reported · July 2026▲ 35% YoY

• Shoplifting9
• Violence & sexual offences7
• Public order6
• Anti-social behaviour2

Neighbourhood team: Pentyrch and St. Fagans · South Wales

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

144 reported road collisions (2024)

24 killed or seriously injured · 190 casualties · 6.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

97 food businesses within 2 miles

• 79 rated 4–5 ★ (58 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Taffs Well (0.6 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£167,559 average▲ 7.4% YoY

Across Rhondda Cynon Taf · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£753 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

• 1 bed £527
• 2 bed £675
• 3 bed £757

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

4.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.7 times median annual pay (4.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (3.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (8.4 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

37 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: ASDA Cardiff Coryton Supercentre (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches8
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

237,651 residents in Rhondda Cynon Taf · 560/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in Wales

17% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 29% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band A (42% of 111,810)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Mr Alex Barros-Curtis

Labour

Cardiff West

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 57
• Con 1
• Grn 1
• Oth 8

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,805 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£666 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,935 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 112,026 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

18% low-carbon electricity

Gas 82% · Wind 15% · Nuclear 3%

323 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cardiff West:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership377 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s300 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership251 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office222 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test212 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Taff's Well Thermal Spring · 0.2 km

  Taff's Well thermal spring is in Taff's Well north of Cardiff, south Wales at an elevation of about 30 metres (100 ft). It is the only thermal spring in Wales. The spring emerges on the eastern bank of the River Taff…

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  Taff's Well · 0.2 km

  Taff's Well is a semi-rural village, community and electoral ward located at the south-eastern tip of Rhondda Cynon Taf, 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of the city centre of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Known locally a…

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  Gwaelod-y-Garth · 0.6 km

  Gwaelod-y-Garth is a village in the community of Pentyrch, Cardiff in Wales.

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  Taffs Well railway station · 0.7 km

  Taffs Well railway station is a railway station serving the village of Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, as well as neighbouring Gwaelod-y-Garth, Cardiff. It is located on the Merthyr Line and the Rhondda Line. P…

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  Taffs Well A.F.C. · 0.7 km

  Taffs Well Association Football Club is a Welsh association football Club founded in 1946. The team are based in Taff's Well, near Cardiff, and compete in the Ardal SW League. The team is nicknamed the Wellmen and the…

• Glan y Llyn railway station · 0.8 km

  Glan-y-Llyn railway station is a disused railway station in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)